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Marc Faber: "The Only Way To Short Central Banks Is To Be Long Gold"

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Amid all the turmoiling on global financial markets over the last few months, one 'asset' has held up surprisingly well (to some). As Marc Faber recently told SocGen's global strategy conference this week, gold has absorbed its fair share of the commodities-market blows in recent years, but now is the time to move back into the precious metal, "I'm positive [that] gold will go up substantially [in 2015] — say 30%." As Marketwatch reports, Faber singled out U.S. stocks as especially overvalued but most ominously concluded, "the big surprise this year is that investor confidence in central banks collapses," and this before the SNB decision.

 

As MarketWatch reports,

Gold has absorbed its fair share of the commodities-market blows in recent years, but now is the time to move back into the precious metal, according to superbear Marc Faber.

 

“I’m positive [that] gold will go up substantially [in 2015] — say 30%,” Faber, whose investment letter is called the Gloom Boom Doom Report, said at Société Générale’s global strategy presentation in London on Tuesday.

 

“My belief is that the big surprise this year is that investor confidence in central banks collapses. And when that happens — I can’t short central banks, although I’d really like to, and the only way to short them is to go long gold, silver and platinum,” he said. “That’s the only way. That’s something I will do.”

 

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“We simply have highly inflated asset markets. Real estate is high, stocks are high, bonds are high, art prices are high, and interest rates and short-term deposits are basically zero,” Faber said. “The only sector that I think is very inexpensive is precious metals, and in particularly precious-metals stocks.”

 

Faber, at times identified as “Dr. Doom,” singled out U.S. stocks as especially overvalued. Emerging markets, in contrast, could be on the cusp of another bull run, although investing in them in the early part of 2015 may be premature, he said.

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Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:06 | 5681683 Freebird
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Yeah, 7 years of bullshit is up.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:11 | 5681691 CrazyCooter
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Won't be that easy ... the CBs and their puppet masters are not about to let the little guy keep a seat. Just watch, they will have some brown nut job shoot up a convent decked out like Mr T and then its gonna be all ... "Only Terra-ists buy gold" or some shit.

Regards,

Cooter

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:13 | 5681702 power steering
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Pretty sure this cock was crowing this tune at $1800 and $50 and then all te way down

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:22 | 5681734 Romney Wordsworth
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Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

FIXED IT

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:27 | 5681755 Publicus
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Nope, the only way to short central banks is to refuse to participate. Zeitgeist Movement is the solution.

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 06:24 | 5683010 nailgunnin4you
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Zeitgeist Movement is the solution.

 

Most of the zerohedge members are 25-35 living in mum's basement with two ounces of gold they cling to anticipating the day they become the new elite. Don't ruin the fantasy with ideas about equality and shit gaahhh


Tue, 01/20/2015 - 06:30 | 5683023 saveandsound
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How did you figure that? Amazing.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:47 | 5681834 MarketAnarchist
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Correct and that is why you will be all the more shocked when it occurs.   He is taking the long view, friend.

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 06:29 | 5683001 saveandsound
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@power steering:

No, he was not. In 2011 at about USD 1500 he (and his buddy Jim Rogers) said you rather be careful with gold (and other precious metals). In 2012 and 2013 they both said "I hold gold, but I'm not buying right now."

Just for the record...

However, Faber was bullish on Russia and Rogers was bullish on China. You have got to have some patience until that ist going to pay out.

On the other hand, you don't know if what they say and what they do is corresponding.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:20 | 5681720 Fun Facts
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"Won't be that easy ... the CBs and their puppet masters are not about to let the little guy keep a seat. Just watch, they will have some brown nut job shoot up a convent decked out like Mr T and then its gonna be all ... "Only Terra-ists buy gold" or some shit."

Until the people understand this false flag template being used to manufacture the consent for all their depraved political agendas, we are doomed. Judging by the success of the Hebdo Hoodoo we are doomed.

Gold is the enemy of the syndicate and it is very interesting how all the enemies of the syndicate end up being terrorists relieved of their gold by their rented armies.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:37 | 5681786 Escrava Isaura
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Marc Faber is 100% right….. But, with one caveat: The last bubble (gold) won’t matter, because it will be desperation thereafter.

 

Our economic systems cartels, our currencies, our education, our moralities, our religions, our political institutions, our silence are heading towards a dark future.

 

There isn’t enough gold that will be able to sugar coat these from being exposed.

 

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 22:00 | 5682076 azusgm
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Go long heirloom seeds, a reliable water source,  and a fenced fertile garden plot for organic growing. Stack home-canned goods.

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 01:56 | 5682805 Down to Earth T...
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Already there in spades . here is your reliable water in spades as well  www.downtoearththinking.com the best on the planet and the most cost effective available . Not to mention many other health and medicinal uses. Fat guys eat your heart out ! 

 

Gotta wonder about some long option spreads or leaps while they are cheap on metals ? Miners are beat down seriousy as well.

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 03:30 | 5682887 JustUsChickensHere
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Good advice .... except ..... if you depend on 1st world health services just to keep breathing... then your outlook in the next collapse is pretty grim, and there are no options to avoid the consequences of health care reverting to an unsophisticated mode.

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 15:24 | 5684944 Down to Earth T...
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got the health thing covered as well in spades take a look ? The worse thing one can do for good health is to believe in and go to Doctors or any part of what we call health care !  That is also a giant illusion ! and a joke  HA HA HA HA HA HA

 

But who coulda known , Hey ?

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 07:31 | 5683064 DIGrif
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I personally use what I call my 3B plan. Beans, bullets and bullion.

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 15:26 | 5684954 Down to Earth T...
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good for starters , but much more to it than that 

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:06 | 5681684 Latitude25
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“That’s the only way. That’s something I will do.”

What that really means is that he will do more of the same.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:13 | 5681693 Johnny Fiat and...
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"...and in particularily precious metals-stocks."  

We'll just clean that up a bit-

"...and in particularily precious metals stocked in your lake."

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:14 | 5681705 CrazyCooter
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If the PM stocks go too high, they will just issue more shares like Amazon and Tesla, right?

I think it was Hendry that said PM stocks are stupid as they just get nationalized if they significantly appreciate in value.

Regards,

Cooter

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:16 | 5681716 the grateful un...
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psst, Marc, you're sitting in your little Central Banker mancave, you can hear screams on the balcony. your balance sheet is broken, deflation is wiping out collateral faster than you can print collateral (that anyone will take) you go into the closet, there she is, old faithful, the printing press. quietly now, you print a few sheets, and you mail them to Joe's Gold and Silver, check off the quantity of gold bars you want to purchase, make sure the ink is dry on the paper, and seal the envelope. then you wait for delivery. your pour a glass of sherry, tomorrow you rinse and repeat.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:17 | 5681718 hackne
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Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:31 | 5681742 knukles
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And if you call now we'll double the offer and you'll have BOTH the Secret Service and FBI at your doorstep before the sun sets in the mighty west tonight.

Fucking retard. 

Jesus H Fucking Chreeeeist, there are truly some batshit crazy assed nincompoops haunting the halls of The Hedge these days preaching grand theft, wire fraud and a whole buncha other felonious crimes openly, causing great angst and despair amongst those of us here for the economics and market activities and information ... and mayhaps a bit of the old snarky commentary.
Where do some of these people come from?
Hatched surreptitiously in a government alien cloning experiment at Dulce underground base that got loose during a full moon in David Icke's nightmare?
I mean, this shit is stranger than asking for toenail fungus flavored coffee creamer.

Tyler!  Tyler!

 

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:42 | 5681815 Hulk
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I agree completely, just who the hell let the spawn of Jamie Dimon in the Hedge ???

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 23:53 | 5682573 deKevelioc
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Allowed to post on zerohedge two weeks ago.

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 01:11 | 5682733 Pareto
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+100 for toenail fungus flavored coffee creamer.  best imagery yet knucks......heheheeeeeeeeeee

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:27 | 5681760 Freebird
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Hopefully H that was your first & last post...fuck off & the same to your employer.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:27 | 5681763 Katastrofenhausse
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Illegal activity via a gmail address LO-fucking-L

 

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:29 | 5681764 Buster Cherry
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You do.realize that you are inticing people to steal right?

Only the government, presided over by a black guy, can do that. They tend to retaliate against competitors, genius.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:34 | 5681788 knukles
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Great fucking idea to respond to that e-mail address, no?
Getchur ass hacked or imprisoned.
And anyway, who the fuck wants to steal from an ATM?
The brothers in da hood just steal the whole fucking things!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xlDyrFZzCc

Morons.  We're surrounded by morons.  Betcha his mom made him wear a clear plastic rain coat with pink flowers when he was a small boy

 

 

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:30 | 5681770 lasvegaspersona
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Headquartered at Attica? Alcatraz? where?

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 21:04 | 5681803 corsair
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Nigeria

(edit) On second reading, I'm changing my verdict. It's not even a scam, it's a joke.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 22:14 | 5682160 RaceToTheBottom
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I think it is fake as well.  But the weak english is a nice touch...

Personally, I am still waiting for my milions from a Nigerian Prince

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 21:21 | 5681932 RhoneGSM
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Don't down arrow this guy. Seriously. I have already secured over in excess of 1 million Venezuelan Bolivar and nearly 10 million Ukrainian hryvnia. If you send me 100000 US Dollars in silver eagles I will send to you via PayPal! Hurry offer valid only to first 50 callers!

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 21:50 | 5681980 cowdiddly
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yes I am long felonies. What a maroon, I send you a pack of smokes. If you want to rob a bank, you have to own it. Trying to do what you propose buys you 20 years in Sing Sing with a girlfriend named Leroy. And thats even contingent upon whether you have to go with the snivelly assed court appointed attorney, which in that case double it.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 23:36 | 5682530 Mac Avelli
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Thank God Hackne came along to spread this bullshit to us, all I have to do is send his brother, the Nigerian prince, my account information and I can learn how easy it is to start stealing ATM's...

 

Tyler can you close this guys account?!

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:23 | 5681738 ebworthen
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This is why I have bought Gold and Silver since the bailouts.

It was a moral and ethical decision more than a financial one.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:23 | 5681740 Dead Canary
Tue, 01/20/2015 - 02:05 | 5682811 malek
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Got me to watch 3 hours making of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V--gH9ayR-o

Thanks!

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:23 | 5681745 Buster Cherry
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I wish I could get rich off a newsletter and talking with a funny accent, parroting the same shit year in year out.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:24 | 5681746 gmak
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y years of lean followed by 7 years of mean - that's what Central Banks are made of.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:29 | 5681767 Jack Burtan
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PM's long , gee you think.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:32 | 5681778 Semi-employed W...
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What about silver? Will that work. I can't afford gold.  And with silver I can always melt it down to make werewolf killing bullets and shit.

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 02:06 | 5682812 honestann
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Yes!  If you have plenty of safe, secure (as in well hidden) room to store silver (or not enough fiat cash to afford very much), then silver is probably a better bet than gold at this time.

However, do understand that the world economy already flew off the cliff, and just recently looked downward and realized how many thousand meters it is above the desert floor.  So do understand that industrial metals like silver and platinum (while better nominal values at the moment), might underperform gold for years.

MIGHT.

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 04:55 | 5682947 assistedliving
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honestann will you marry me?  its four am, a lil bit drunk but still....

you're an ann and not an abe right?

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 20:35 | 5681790 Clowns on Acid
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So if I become my own Central Bank, can I print my own money also ?

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 21:07 | 5681899 knukles
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Of course you can.....

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 21:09 | 5681900 tok1
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you would think periferal EU Govt would use part of the proceed for allowed QE to buy gold and if the Govt smart stock pile oil like China is doing.. so if they do have a currency collapse..they have the hard assets.... to back a new currency... Japan / China should be doing this as well also protects against US tres or Japan JGB issues... to pile into negative german bunds sub 2% tres or sub 0.20bp JGB is insane.. they would be locking the benifits of moentizing the debt into other countries debt that basically pays no interest.. or bunds / . JGB sub 7ys they would lock in losing money for 5-7s guaranteed negative income...at least oil they know the economy will require it so regardless of what happens its going to be consumed at some point...

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 21:09 | 5681904 q99x2
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Really, buy gold. Ok.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 21:33 | 5681979 Glock274Carry
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Ammo and firearms just as much.

Mon, 01/19/2015 - 23:40 | 5682542 Mac Avelli
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I make my money the old fashioned way, short term loans and vending machines...

 

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 02:26 | 5682841 Down to Earth T...
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I would be willing to bet a bunch here on ZH sold their metals a while back and are kicking themselves now ? Of course the real bitchez didnt , but ZH always has lots of talkers ! Just saying ? talk is way past cheap.

 

The only question has been and still is  "are the manipulations sustainable in perpetuity along with the insane policies "? I will be starting to buy more right away. and put on some option trades. And yes I did sell some at the highs 1840 and 45 area so time to reload. Still fine at my original entry basis prices so why worry ? just be patient and don't panic sell. We all live in massive illusions and if you can actually understand them you are miles ahead of the game. and it is a game to be sure. Haven't put on many trades for a long stretch.

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 07:50 | 5683079 zipit
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Gold and Bitcoin FTW

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 15:57 | 5685082 Down to Earth T...
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We know both are subject to various manipulations . G&S by bankers and fed (same people basically) and BTC by thier own insider thieves? Not sure how many times BTC has been robbed from insiders but quite a few  from outright electronic thefts and manipulations. So the flaws are far too great in BTC IMO. When all is said and done the metals have in fact proven they are the basis of all money ? If not why are they manipulated so egregiously by the money masters? So the trick is , as always , TIMING and your entry baisis ? and that takes a lot of patience , and understanding of the macro potato and all the illusions we all live under here in USSA today ! They are many.

 

Simplistic you say ?  I think more realistic. I look around the world and every CB and regime is saying the same thing ? We have tried all manner of stimulus and that has not really worked , in fact it has brought us massive debt? I imagine even those greedy fools realize it cannot be repaid and that is why their tone is starting to change and we see all manner of comments of "what now" ? That is the prevalent sentiment world wide as well as fear from geopolitical events and circuimstances. Couple that with Russia, China and many others moving away from USD as trade currency and petro dollar as fast as they can and we are seeing a new set of dynamics taking shape in the world. USSA is still stuck stupid with their many lies and massive illusions and you know what happens when you believe your own bullshit ?  You fuck yourself or another way to say it is you are the greater fool ? We are there and have been for a long while. Just politico morons playing out their roles of bread and circuses holding it all together with tenuous electronic manna !    

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 08:07 | 5683105 Rusty Trombone
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Shitcoins?

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 08:59 | 5683178 GFORCE
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There's many ways to short cb's. Short euro bonds, long u.s., short euro or japan vs u.s. dollar. All roads lead to the dollar. A small amount of cash in hand and gold or silver coins for emergency.

Like most doom and gloomers, Faber makes money from selling reports hence why he's still on tv even though his calls are always wrong. "One day zee market will crash!" No sh*t. 

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